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Agriculture Call Numbers
A book's Call Number is a print book's unique identification number which points to the book's location in the library. Moye Library uses the Library of Congress (LOC) classification system. The LOC classification system uses an initial letter to represent different subject areas. The following is the Call Number class for Agriculture:
- S -- Agriculture
Other relevant Call Number classes:
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K -- Law
Selected Books
These books are only a few of the print books and eBooks that you have available through Moye Library. The format of the book will be indicated before the title.
[Print Book] Adequate Food for All by Call Number: HD 9000.5 .A323 2009ISBN: 9781420077537Publication Date: 2009-02-12This volume challenges readers to garner a deeper understanding needed to develop solutions that truly change the future rather than postpone the inevitable. Recognition of food as a universal need of people everywhere may be a point of union for the human spirit. The future holds opportunities and imperatives that must be faced, perhaps none more important than how we come together to keep the world fed.
[Print Book] American Farms, American Food by Call Number: S 441 H83 2016ISBN: 9781498508209Publication Date: 2016-08-16American Farms, American Food bridges the gap between agricultural production and food studies allowing readers to learn about both subjects up close and in detail. Beyond that, the book provides background on the domestication, breeding, and development of crop plants and livestock that have become the food we eat.
[Print Book] Cropping Systems by Call Number: S 602.5 C778 2016ISBN: 9781634858885Publication Date: 2016-01-01This book provides a discussion on the applications, management and impact of cropping systems.
[Print Book] Farm to Table by Call Number: S 494.5 S86 B47 2016ISBN: 9781603586726Publication Date: 2016-10-06In Farm to Table, Darryl Benjamin and Chef Lyndon Virkler explore how the farm-to-table philosophy is pushing back modern, industrialized food production and moving beyond isolated "locavore" movements into a broad and far-reaching coalition of farmers, chefs, consumers, policy advocates, teachers, institutional buyers, and many more all working to restore healthful, sustainable, and affordable food for everyone.
[eBook] Food, Farms, and Community by ISBN: 9781611684216Publication Date: 2014-12-02Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems takes an in-depth look at critical issues, successful programs, and challenges for improving food systems spanning a few miles to a few thousand miles.
[eBook] Organic Futures by ISBN: 9780300199451Publication Date: 2016-10-25Taking an ethnographic approach, the fieldwork by Connor Fitzmaurice and Brian Gareau at a small New England organic farm sheds light on how farmers navigate the difficult terrain between practices of sustainability and the economic realities of contemporary agriculture. Drawing on extensive research, Fitzmaurice and Gareau examine the historical context, complexities, and viability of nonconventional organic farming practices: practices that seek to balance ecology and community with the business of agriculture.
[eBook] Raise by ISBN: 9780520275805Publication Date: 2014-11-03Butler's on-the-ground account of the teens' concerns with their goats, pigs, sheep, proms, and SAT scores is interwoven with a fascinating history of the century-old 4-H club as it solicits corporate donations from top agribusiness firms such as DuPont, Monsanto, and Cargill.
